Finger-ring and the like.



V. A. GEBHARDT. FINGER RING AND THE LIKE.

7 APPLICATION F ILED JAN. 29. I916. 1,280,707. Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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fgrnvenn-nriie Ann LIK I v To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR A. GEBHARDI,

a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a res1- dent of the city ofCincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have mventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Finger-Rings and the like, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to finger rings'and more particularly to ringswhich are given and received in conformance with custom or ceremony,such as .wedding rings for example.

It has hitherto not been a possibility to procure a ring which presentedthe appearance of a complete ring. and whichcould,

however, be gradually embellished with jewels or stones without at anytime destroying the appearance of the ring as a complete article.

I am aware that it is old in the art to mount a stone in a piece. ofjewelry by making a depression in the piece of supporting metal andplacing thestone in the Thus it is the object of my invention to iprovide a ring fora wedding ring particularly, which is decorated with adesign in the form of depressions, the same being plain or embellished.It is my object that this design be completely out around the ringsothat the whole is relieved from the chanceof appearing like a ring whichhas I lost its set.

I am aware that my new ring might be .considered' as coming under thetype of patents known as design patents, but I consider themechanicalfeature of the novel ring as predominant in importance overany particular design that might be adopted, since the principal pointof the invention 'sfiecmcafi ii of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 8, 1918"Application filed January 29, 1916. Serial No. 75,051. I

is to have a design of ornamental appear ance completely around thering, said design 'being arranged so that there are a 'serles ofdepression that Wlll receive, 1f desired souvenir jewels or the like,and said depressions being spaced equally apart so as to relieve thering from an unfinished appearance at any time before or during itsembellishment with souvenir stones.

It is thus possible with the ring which I contemplate for a wedding orother anniversary ring to start the custom of the giving by the donor tothe recipient of an additional precious stone as a setting for the ringat each succeeding anniversary.

In the drawing which illustrates an em bodiment of my invention, f

' Figure l is a perspective view of the ring.

Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof. 7

Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof.

The ring has an annular body 1 in which are out, or formed as desired, aseries of depressions or indicating marks 2. These depressions orindicating marks are equally spaced around the entire body of the ringas I have found this to be necessary, to preserve the proper appearancefor the ring.

In forming the indicating marks they may, of course, be worked into ascroll design or the like, and the indicating marks may be engraved withsome design. In the 7 device as shown there are no efforts at dein sucha ring. The depressions are preferably cup shaped, although someslightly modified shape could be used so as to appeal to the preferenceof various buyers, or the indicating marks could merely assume thecharacter of indicating marks to indicate where the additional jewelsare to be mounted with each succeeding anniversary.

As a preferable construction, the ring is intended to serve asa weddingring and it will therefore takethe form of the regulation gold bandring, with a single stone mounting for the first year, or in the startthe ring need not be provided with any stone, but serve as the simplegold wedding ring,

The object is to provide a ring which shall always havethe appearance ofa finished ring, and not as a ring which has lost one or more of itssettings, but which-shall also indicate to the donor and to the wearerthat each succeeding anniversary shouldbe commemorated by an additionalstone; 7

I do not wish to be limited in the claim that follows because of afailure to fully ap preciate the fullapplication of my inventionasex'pressed therein, or because of'a failure to mention othermodifications of my invention which would naturally suggest themselvesto a jeweler, in meeting some special conditions in his art. v w iHavlng thus described my 1nvent1on,wl1at desire to, secure by Letas asouvenir ring,

in which thejewelsmay be set from time to time,so that said ring may beused as a souvenir, said depressionswithout the gems forming a pleasingdesign around the ring.

VICTOR A. GEBHARDT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D, C. i

